Sunday, November 29, 2009

Aaron Schuerr

Name: Aaron SchuerrURL: http://aaronschuerr.comBio: Aaron Schuerr started his studies at The Art Institute of Chicago and moved on to an art college in Scotland. At his graduation in Scotland in 1995 he sold out his degree show, thereby financing a move to Montana, where he became a full-time professional artist in 2004.Media: Pastel, oilSubjects: LandscapeStyle: RepresentationalNavigation: Main menu remains on top of all pages.Gallery: Archived work; Available workImage view: The thumbnails give title, and sometimes medium. Click to enlarge in slide show. Download is not possible.Demos: No.Blog: This website is effectively a blog - and there are blog pages included as such in the overall design.

Contact the blog

The stated purpose of this blog is to list and review the websites of artists who work in pastel. For the artists featured there is the added benefit of having more traffic directed to their site.

I am always interested in hearing from artists who would like to be listed. Email me at oldenbroke@gmail.com.

It is generally recognised that reviewers may make use of material that is copyright for the purposes of review. I operate under that principle. It is not always possible to request permission of artists to use an image of their work in this blog, especially if the artist is not anglophone. I hope that all artists understand that posting an example typique of their work is essential to the generation of interest in their oeuvre.

Artists' Website Rating

This blog aims to be an international directory of artists who express themselves wholly or substantially in pastel. Websites are listed by surname followed by first name, over several pages. The format is a short dataset of essential details about the artist and the site, with a type image of their style. It does not attempt to critique the artist or his/her work, but it does have remarks to make about ease of navigation, labelling of artwork, and image download - an essential learning tool for the student of pastel. Publications are only mentioned where an artist has authored a book - there are too many journal articles to reference. I have on occasion referred to an artist as being in my "top ten" - I have yet to list ten such, and my criteria for inclusion in this exclusive club include a unique vision, a unique expression of that vision, and inspirational material. As an example, I can cite someone who has no website and who will not therefore appear elsewhere on this blog- the wonderful, masterly, inimitable Jane Lund.

About Me

I have been painting with pastels for 25 years or so, and have learned from the very practical publications of artists like Alan Flattmann, Daniel E. Greene, and more recently Richard McKinley and Ellen Eagle.
The work of other artists who work in the medium is always of interest, hence this blog, and I am happy to have met many of them, and interviewed some for the Pastel Journal.
Still Life is the subject matter that most interests me, and my pastels have been exhibited in Ireland, in France and in China.